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Neuropsychology Research

Neuropsychology Research

The Department of Clinical Neuropsychology at MCCN is research-active and committed to leading research projects both to improve our clinical services and further knowledge within our field.

Our patients are a valuable source of information to help inform our research projects and service developments.

If you would be happy to offer your time to help us to improve services or be involved in our research projects, please get in touch

0161 206 4694

email: reftoneuropsych@nca.nhs.uk

 

Below is list of the research papers published within the Department of Neuropsychology

 

2021

  • Dodd, R., Fisher, P. L., Makin, S., Moore, P., & Cherry, M. G. (2021). The Association Between Maladaptive Metacognitive Beliefs and Emotional Distress in People Living With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 482.

 

  • Stepien, K., Chen, C., Hackett, R., Oldham, A., Ayuna, A., Jones, S.A., Church, H.J., Tylee, K.L., Hendriksz , C.J.(2021). Long-term outcomes in adult patients affected with fucosidosis: Psychosis as a new complication, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, Volume 132, Issue 2, Page S103, ISSN 1096-7192,

          https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgme.2020.12.252

 

2020

  • Forshaw-Hulme, S., Gorton, J., McGrae, T., Thompson, L., Chen, C., Roberts, M., Jovanovic, A., Sharma, R., Wilcox, G., Adrees, F., Kempshall, S., Stepien, K.M. (2020). Understanding the biopsychosocial factors contributing to mental health issues in Fabry disease: One tertiary centre experience, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 129(2,) S58.

          https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgme.2019.11.133.

 

  • Mairs, J., Blackwell, D., & Teager, A.J. (2020). Reflections from the ‘front line’: Acute neurorehabilitation during Covid-19 from an assistant psychologist perspective. The Neuropsychologist, 10, pp29-34.

 

  • Lincoln, N. B., Bradshaw, L. E., Constantinescu, C. S., Day, F., Drummond, A. E., Fitzsimmons, D., ... & das Nair, R. (2020). Cognitive rehabilitation for attention and memory in people with multiple sclerosis: a randomized controlled trial (CRAMMS). Clinical rehabilitation, 34(2), 229-241.

 

  • Methley, A., King, L., Chen, C., Dunning, G., Javed , H.& Teager, A. (2020). Implementing undergraduate clinical and research internship schemes within a clinical neuropsychology service, Clinical Psychology Forum, 331, 24-30.

 

  • Bunnage, M. Evans, J, Wright, I, Thomas, S, Vargha-Khadem F, Poz R, Wilson, C, Moore P. (2020). Division of Neuropsychology Professional Standards Unit Guidelines to colleagues on the use of Tele-neuropsychology. British Psychological Society.

 

  • Peak, C., Di-Basilio, D. & King, L. (2020). Increasing outcome measure completion in adult patients with a traumatic brain injury: Ideas from the research literature and evaluation of service change. The Neuropsychologist, 9, 60-67.

 

  • Pitt, M., & Teager, A.J. (2020). Clinical, peer and academic supervision: a proposed structure for supporting undergraduate psychology placement students. Clinical Psychology Forum, 336, pp34-40. 

 

  • Teager, A.J., Methley, A., Wilkinson, K., Delaney, M., Haythornthwaite, L., & Montrose, S. (2020). Implementation of an opt-in waiting list initiative for neuropsychology in two community neurorehabilitation teams: A practice-based example. The Neuropsychologist, 10, pp39-46.

 

2019

  • Baker, D., Caswell, H. & Eccles, F. J. R. (2019) Self compassion and depression, anxiety, and resilience in adults with epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behaviour, 90, 154-161.

 

  • Hampson, N., King, L., Eriksson, L-M. & Smee, H. (2019) The effects of relaxation training on depression and anxiety in people living with long-term neurological conditions. Disability & Rehabilitation.

          https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2018.1554009

 

  • Sowter, N., King, L. & Eccles, F. (In Press) An evaluation of a telephone triaging system for traumatic brain injury referrals. The Neuropsychologist.

 

2018

  • Baker, D., Eccles, F. J. R. and Caswell, H. L. (2018) Correlates of stigma in adults with epilepsy: A systematic review of quantitative studies. Epilepsy and Behaviour, 83, 67-80.

 

  • Das Nair, Griffiths, Clarke, Methley, Kneebone, & Topcu. (2018) Everyday memory measures in multiple sclerosis: a systematic review. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. Early online.

 

  • Methley, A. & Barrett, A. (2018) Incorporating neuropsychological factors in the assessment and formulation of UK military veterans: what should clinical psychologists consider? Clinical Psychology Forum, 312.

 

  • Methley, A., Dawson, B., & Teager, A.J. (2018) A psychological interpretation of case-mix: considerations for practitioner wellbeing and service design. Clinical Psychology Forum, 307, 29-33.

 

  • Methley, A., Perkin, M., Arran, N., Teager, A. (2018) Test user experience: The Oxford Cognitive Screen. The Neuropsychologist, 6, 18-20.

 

  • Rice, G. E., Caswell. H., Moore, P., Hoffman, P. and Lambon-Ralph, M. A. (2018) The roles of left versus right anterior temporal lobes in semantic memory: A neuropsychological comparison of postsurgical temporal lobe epilepsy. Cerebral Cortex, 28(4), 1487-1501.

 

  • Rice, G. E., Caswell. H., Moore, P., Lambon-Ralph, M. A. and Hoffman, P. (2018) Revealing the dynamic modulations that underpin a resilient neural network for semantic cognition: An fMRI investigation in patients with anterior temporal lobe resection. Cerebral Cortex, 28 (8), 3004-3016.

 

  • Teager, A.J., Twigg, J., Methley, A.M. (2018) Implementing a paperlite service within neuropsychology settings: A practice example and clinical considerations. The Neuropsychologist, 5,53-58.

 

2017

  • Heald, A. H., Walther, A., Davies, J. R. E., Moreno, G. Y. C., Kane, J., Livingston, M. and Fowler, H. (2017) No difference in mood and quality of life in DHEA-S deficient adults with Addison’s Disease vs Type 2 diabetes patients with normal DHEA-S levels: Implications for management of these conditions. Frontiers in Psychology, 764 (8) DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00764
     
  • King, L., Sowter, N. & Malone, C. (2017) Preliminary results of a telephone triage system for a clinical neuropsychology service for Traumatic Brain Injury patients. The Neuropsychologist, 3, 54-57.
     
  • Methley, A., Dawson, B. & Teager, A. (2017) Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome: a literature review and clinical considerations. European Journal of Palliative Care. 24. 161.

 

2016

  • Bowden, D., Wall, G., and Dawson, B. (2016) Service evaluation: The effectiveness of a clinical neuropsychology service for service users living with pituitary tumour diagnosis. Clinical Psychology Forum, 287, 25-32.
     
  • Clayton, J., Bowden, D. and Berry, E. (2016) An on-call clinical neuropsychology service. Clinical Psychology Forum, 280, 21-26.

 

  • Curvis, W., Simpson, J., & Hampson, N. (2016) Factors associated with self-esteem following acquired brain injury in adults: A systematic review. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 1–42.

http://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2016.1144515
 

  • Curvis, W., Simpson, J., & Hampson, N. (2016) Social anxiety following traumatic brain injury: an exploration of associated factors. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 1–21.

http://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2016.1175359
 

  • Hampson, N., Miller, C. & King, L. (2016) Initial development of a pathway for managing the cognitive and psychological symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease. Psychology of Older People: The FPOP bulletin. Special Edition: Psychological Working with Neurodegenerative diseases, 136, 15-20.
     
  • Kemp, S., Garlovsky, J., Reynders, H., Caswell, H., Baker, G. and Shah, E. (2016) Predicting the psychological outcome of epilepsy surgery: A longitudinal perspective on the burden of normality. Epilepsy and Behaviour, 60, 149-152.

 

  • King, L., Hampson, N., Flint, A. & Speake, G. (2016) A service evaluation of a psychological skills group for people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Clinical Psychology Forum, Special Issue: Service Innovation (part 2), 288, 28-33.

 

2015

  • Iqbal, N., Caswell, H., Muir, R., Cadden, A., Ferguson, S., Mackenzie, H., Watson, P. & Duncan, S. (2015)

Neuropsychological profiles of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and their siblings: An extended study.

Epilepsia, 56(8) , 1–8. DOI:10.1111/epi.13061

 

  • Pinkham, M., Sanghera, P., Wall, G., Dawson, B. and Whitfield, G. (2015) Neurocognitive Effects Following Cranial Irradiation for Brain Metastases. Clinical Oncology, 27 (11), 630-639.

 

2014

  • Hampson (2014) Structured Programmes for people with Neurological Conditions: Relaxation. Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.
     
  • Hampson, N. E., Kemp, S., Coughlan, A. K., Moulin, C. J. A.  & Bhakta, B. B. (2014) Effort Test Performance in Clinical Acute Brain Injury, Community Brain Injury, and Epilepsy Populations. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 21 (3), 183-194.
     
  • Iqbal, N., Caswell, H. L.& Duncan, S. (2014) The effects of sub-clinical EEG on cognition; A case of two patients with JME. Journal of Neurology and Neurophysiology, 5:210. DOI:10.4172/2155-9562.1000210
     
  • Leigh, A.J., O’Hanlon, K., Sheldrick, R., Surr, C. & Hare, D. J. (2014) Care mapping in clinical neuroscience settings: Cognitive impairment and dependency. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: An International Journal, DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2014.951366
     
  • O’Hanlon, K., Leigh, A., Sheldrick, R., Surr, C. & Hare, D. J. (2014) The feasibility and validity of care mapping in the clinical neurosciences. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: An International Journal, DOI:10.1080/09602011.2014.978873
     
  • Quinn. K., Murray C. & Malone C. (2014) Spousal experiences of coping with and adapting to caregiving for a partner who has a stroke: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research. Disability Rehabilitation, 36(3):185-98. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2013.783630.  Epub 2013 Apr 18.
     
  • Quinn K., Murray C. & Malone C. (2014) The experience of couples when one partner has a stroke at a young age: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Disability Rehabilitation. 2014;36(20):1670-8. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2013.866699. Epub 2013 Dec 12.

2013 

  • James, H; Simpson, J; Wall, G. (2013) Living with a pituitary tumour: A narrative analysis. Psychology and Health.
     
  • Noonan, K. A., Jefferies, E., Ehsan, S., Garrard, P. & Lambon-Ralph, M. A. (2013) Demonstrating the qualitative differences between semantic aphasia and semantic dementia: a novel exploration of nonverbal semantic processing. Behavioural Neurology, 26, 7-20.

2012

  • Gill, I.J., Wall, G., & Simpson, J. (2012) Clients’ perspectives of rehabilitation in one acquired brain injury residential rehabilitation unit: A thematic analysis. Brain Injury, 26, 909-920.
     
  • Hoffman, P., Jefferies, E., Ehsan, S., Jones, R., & Lambon-Ralph, M. A. (2012) How does linguistic knowledge contribute to STM? Contrasting effects of impaired semantic knowledge and executive control. Aphasiology, 26, 383-403.  DOI:10.1080/02687038.2011.581798.
     
  • Lambon-Ralph, M. A., Ehsan, S., Baker, G. A., & Rogers. T. T. (2012) Semantic Memory is impaired in patients with unilateral anterior temporal lobe resection for temporal lobe epilepsy. Brain, 135, 242-258. DOI:10.1093/brain/awr325.
     
  • Simpson, J., Heath, J., Wall, G. (2012) Living with a pituitary tumour.  Psychology & Health, 29, (2). P. 162-176. DOI:10.1080/08870446.2013.840784.
     
  • Thompson, J. N., Majumdar, J., Sheldrick, R. & Morcos, F. (2012) Acute neurorehabilitation versus treatment as usual. British Journal of Neurosurgery. DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2012.714818
     
  • Wall, G., Turner, A., & Clarke, R. (2012) Evaluation of neuropsychological rehabilitation following severe traumatic brain injury: A case report. Neurocase, 12, (1), p. 1-12. DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2012.701642.

2011

  • Fleming, P., King, L. & Royle, J. (2011) Perceptions of a clinical psychology support group for spinal injury. British Journal of Nursing, 750-755.
     
  • Jefferies, E., Bott, S., Ehsan, S., & Lambon-Ralph, M. A.  (2011) Phonological learning in semantic dementia. Neuropsychologia, 49, 1208-1218.  DOI:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.01.036.
     
  • Mayberry, E. J., Sage, K., Ehsan, S., & Lambon-Ralph, M. A. (2011) An emergent effect of phonemic cueing following relearning in semantic dementia. Aphasiology, 25, 1069-1077. DOI:10.1080/02687038.2011.575203.
     
  • Mayberry, E. J., Sage, K., Ehsan, S., & Lambon-Ralph, M. A. (2011) Relearning in semantic dementia reflects contributions from both medial temporal lobe episodic and degraded neocortical semantic systems: Evidence in support of the complementary learning systems theory. Neuropsychologia, 49, 3591-3598. DOI:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.09.010.
     
  • Thompson, J.N., Sheldrick, R., & Berry, E. (2011) Cognitive and mental health difficulties following subarachnoid haemorrhage, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 21 (1), 92-102.

2010

  • Wall, G.K., Pearce, E., & McGuire, J. (2010) Are internet child sexual offenders emotionally avoidant? Psychology, Crime and Law, 1477-2744.
     
  • Wall, G.K. (2010) Enhancing psychological wellbeing for people with long-term neurological conditions: What, why, where, when and how? Psychological Wellbeing, 7 (1), 25-29.

2009 

  • Corbett, F., Jefferies, E., Ehsan, S. & Lambon-Ralph, M. A. (2009) Different impairments of semantic cognition in semantic dementia and semantic aphasia: evidence from the non-verbal domain. Brain, 132(9), 2593-2608.DOI:10.1093/brain/awp146.
     
  • Duncan, S., Talbot, A., Sheldrick, R., Caswell, H. (2009) Erectile function, sexual desire, and psychological well-being in men with epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behaviour, 15 (3): 351-357.
     
  • Hall-Patch, L., Brown, R., House, A., Howlett, S., Kemp, S., Lawton, G., et al. (2009) Acceptability and effectiveness of a strategy for the communication of the diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsia, 51 (1), 70-78.
     
  • Hoffman, P., Jefferies, E., Ehsan, S., Hopper, S. & Lambon-Ralph, M. A. (2009) Selective short-term memory deficits arise from impaired domain-general semantic control mechanisms. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 35, 137-156. DOI:10.1037/a0013985
     
  • Hoffman P, Jefferies, E., Ehsan S, Jones, R. W., Lambon-Ralph, M. A. (2009) Semantic memory is key to binding phonology: Converging evidence from immediate serial recall in semantic dementia and healthy participants. Neuropsychologia, 47, 747-760.DOI:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.12.001.
     
  • Iqbal, N., Caswell, H.L., Hare, D.J., Pilkington, O., Mercer, S. & Duncan, S. (2009) Neuropsychological profiles of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and their siblings: a preliminary controlled experimental video-EEG case series. Epilepsy and Behaviour, 14 (3), 516-521.
     
  • King, L., Hamilton, S., Wraith, A., Ackroyd, C., Calvert, C. & Coakes, J. (2009) Meeting the training needs of recently qualified clinical psychologists in Yorkshire. Clinical Psychology Forum, 197, 41-44.
     
  • Lawton, G., Mayor, R.J., Howlett, S., & Reuber, M. (2009) Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and health-related quality of life: the relationship with psychological distress and other physical symptoms. Epilepsy and Behaviour, 14 (1), 167-171.
     
  • Mercer, G., Reuber, M. & Martin, R. (2009) Health related quality of life: utility and limitation in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. In S.C. Schachter & W.C. LaFrance Jr. (Eds.), Gates & Rowan's Nonepileptic Seizures, 3rd Edition, Cambridge University Press.
     
  • Prosser, C. M. &  King, L. (2009) Evaluating information leaflets in a neurorehabilitation setting. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 2(4), 348-358.
     
  • Soni, M., Lambon-Ralph, M. A., Noonan, K., Ehsan, S., Hodgson, C. & Woollams, A (2009) "L" is for tiger: Effects of phonological (mis)cueing on picture naming in semantic aphasia. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 22(6), 538-547.DOI:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2009.06.002. 

2008 

  • Kemp, S., Wilkinson, K., Caswell, H., Reynders, H., Baker, G. (2008) The Base Rate of Wada test failure. Epilepsy and Behaviour, 13 (4), 630-633.
     
  • Lawton, G., Baker, G.A. & Brown, R.J. (2008) Comparison of two types of dissociation in people with epileptic and non-epileptic seizures. Epilepsy and Behaviour, 13 (2), 333-336.
     
  • Talbot, J.A., Sheldrick, R., Caswell, H., Duncan, S. (2008) Sexual function in men with epilepsy: how important is testosterone? Neurology, 70 (16), 1346-1352.

  

2007

  • Manchester, D., Wall, G.K., Jackson, H., & Dawson, P. (2007)  Bullying and antisocial attitudes after traumatic brain injury: Their impact and treatment.  Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 17 (2), 206-229.
     
  • McKenna, S.P., Doward, L.C., Meads, D.M., Tennant, A., Lawton, G. & Grueger, J. (2007) Quality of life in infants and children with atopic dermatitis: addressing issues of differential item functioning across countries in multinational clinical trials. Health & Quality of Life Outcomes. 5 (45).
     
  • Mullin, S. & Simpson, J. (2007) Does executive functioning predict improvement in offenders' behaviour following enhanced thinking skills training? An exploratory study with implications for rehabilitation. British Journal of Legal and Criminological Psychology, 12 (1), 117-131.
     
  • Santhouse, J., Carrier, C., Arya, S., Fowler, H., Duncan, S. (2007) A comparison of self-reported quality of life between patients with epilepsy and neurocardiogenic syncope. Epilepsia 48 (5), 1019-1022.

2006

  • Fowler, H. L., Baker, G. A., Tipples, J., Hare, D. J., Chadwick, D., & Young, A. W. (2006) Emotion Recognition and asymmetrical amygdala damage in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behaviour. 9(1), 164-172.
     
  • Heald, A. H., Parr, C. J., Gibson, C., O’Driscoll, K., & Fowler, H., L. (2006) A cross-sectional study to investigate long-term cognitive function in people with treated pituitary Cushing’s disease. Experimental Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes. 114(9): 490-497.
     
  • King, L. & Latchford, G. (2006) Clinical health psychology in clinical psychology training: A national survey. Clinical Psychology Forum, 166, 7-10.
     
  • Lambon-Ralph, M., A, & Ehsan, S. (2006) Age of acquisition effects depend on the mapping between representations and the frequency of occurrence: Empirical and computational evidence. Visual Cognition, 13.
     
  • Lawton, G. et al. (2006) Cross-cultural validity of FIM in spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 44(12), 746-752.
     
  • Sheldrick, R., Tarrier, N., Berry, E., & Kincey, J. (2006) Post-traumatic stress disorder and illness perception over time following myocardial infarction and subarachnoid haemorrhage. British Journal of Health Psychology, 11, 387-400.

 2005

  • Bhakta, B., Tennant, A., Horton, M., Lawton, G. & Andrich, D. (2005) Using item response theory to explore the psychometric properties of extended matching questions examination in undergraduate medical education. BMC Medical Education, 5 (1), 9.
     
  • Doward, L.C., McKenna, S.P., Meads, D.M., Kavyasiddhi, D., Hampson, N.E. & Mayo, K.W. (2005) The symptomatic, functional and quality of life impact of multiple sclerosis: report on a qualitative investigation of the patients’ perspective. Value in Health, 8 (6), A135.
     
  • Hampson, N.E., Meads, D.M., McKenna, S.P., Doward, L.C. & Turk, F. (2005) Factors influencing quality of life in atopic dermatitis. Value in Health, 8 (6), A149.
     
  • Hossack, A., & Wall, G.K. (2005) Service users: Undervalued and underused? The Psychologist, 18 (3) 134-136.
     
  • Lundgren-Nilsson, A., Grimby, G., Ring, H., Tesio, L., Lawton, G., et al. (2005) Cross-cultural validity of functional independence measure items in stroke: a study using Rasch analysis. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 37 (1), 23-31.
     
  • Meads, D.M., Hampson, N.E., Fisk, J.D., McKenna, S.P., Doward, L.C., & Mayo, K.W. (2005) Rasch analysis of the Fatigue Impact Scale. Value in Health, 8 (6), A70.
     
  • Meads, D.M., McKenna, S.P., Doward, L.C., Hampson, N.E., & McGeown, C. (2005) Interpreting scores on the quality of life index for atopic dermatitis (QoLIAD). Value in Health, 8 (3), A331.

2004

  • Hare, D.J. & Malone, C. A. (2004)  Catatonia and Autistic Spectrum Disorders.  Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 8 (2),183-195.
     
  • Heald, A. H., Ghosh, S., Bray, S., Gibson, C., Anderson, S. G., Buckler, H., & Fowler, H. L (2004) Long-term negative impact on quality of life in patients with successfully treated Cushing’s disease. Clinical Endocrinology. 61 (4), 485-65.
     
  • Hughes, D. G., Jackson, A., Mason, D. L., & Berry, E., Hollis, S., & Yates, D. W. (2004) Abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging seen acutely following mild traumatic brain injury: correlation with neuropsychological tests and delayed recovery. Neuroradiology 47, 550- 558.
     
  • Lawton, G., Bhakta, B.B., Chamberlain, M.A., & Tennant, A. (2004) The Behçet's disease activity index. Rheumatology. 43 (1), 73-78.
     
  • Tennant, A., Penta, M., Tesio, L., Grimby, G., Thonnard, J. L., Slade, A., Lawton, G., et al. (2004) Assessing and adjusting for cross-cultural validity of impairment and activity limitation scales through differential item functioning within the framework of the Rasch model: the PRO-ESOR project. Medical Care. 42 (1 Suppl), 137-148.

1999-2003

  • Danquah, A.,  Limb, K., Chapman, M., Burke, C., Flood, A. Gore, S.,Greenwood, K., Healey, K., Reid, W., Kilroy, J.,  Lacey, Malone, C., Perkin, M. & Hare, DJ. (1999)  An Investigation of Factors Predictive of Continued Self-Injurious Behaviour in an Intellectual Disability Service. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 22, 395–399.
     
  • Hare, D.J., Malone, C. A. & Flood, A. (1999)  Mental Health and people with severe learning disabilities: challenging the biopsychiatric model.  Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care 3 (4), 126-129.
     
  • Thornton, A., Hatton, C., Malone, C., Fryer, T., et al (2003)  Distraction Burglary amongst older adults and ethnic minority communities.  Home office Research Study 269.  London: Home Office. Retrieved from

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/distraction1.html
 

  • Thornton, A., Hatton, C., Malone, C. and Fryer, T. (2001)  The psychology of Later Life.  Retrieved from

http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/burglary/burglary58